Roasted Turkey @ Victoria Station

Turkeys are traditionally eaten as the main course of Christmas feasts in much of the world (stuffed turkey), as well as Thanksgiving in the United States and Canada, though this tradition has its origins in modern times, rather than colonial as is often supposed. Before the 20th century, pork ribs were the most common food on the holiday, as the animals were usually slaughtered in November. Turkeys were once so abundant in the wild that they were eaten throughout the year, the food considered commonplace, whereas pork ribs were rarely available outside of the Thanksgiving-New Year season. It has also displaced, to a certain extent, the traditional Christmas roast goose or beef of the United Kingdom and Europe. While eating turkey was once mainly restricted to special occasions such as these, turkey is now eaten year-round and forms a regular part of many diets

Turkeys are usually baked or roasted in an oven for several hours, often while the cook prepares the remainder of the meal. Here, the Victoria Station’s turkey is brined before roasting to enhance flavor and moisture content. This is necessary because the dark meat requires a higher temperature to denature all of the myoglobin pigment than the white meat (very low in myoglobin), so that fully cooking the dark meat tends to dry out the breast. Brining makes it possible to fully cook the dark meat without drying the breast meat. Turkeys are sometimes decorated with turkey frills prior to serving.

Victoria Station package turkey comes with chickens sausages, parsley potatoes, fresh garden salad, roast sauce, cranberry sauce and French dressing. The turkey is tasty and roasted quite well (roasted in traditional way). Meat is tender and not dry. Overall is good.

Food Review

Food Type: Western (Halal)
Address: Available only during Christmas at any Victoria Station branches
Tel: +6012-212 9972
Price: Average: RM260 per bird
Operating Hours: Available during Christmas

Taste Rating: 8.5/10
Ambiance Rating: Nil
Service Rating: Nil
Value Rating: 6/10

Overall Rating: 7.3/10

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Pizza San Francisco Restaurant @ Jalan Pelapik, Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam

Pizza San Francisco is a chain restaurant and they have about 4 branches around Klang Valley as todate. For this post, this restaurant is located in Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam which is the newest one. What's so eye catching about this place is that they have this huge banner that they put up every month. Showing off their offer of the month. Like maybe Fish and Chips for only RM8.90 or etc. As for this month, they are offering Beef Steak at RM12.90 only.

Talking about their steak, they are using local beef. They grilled the beef in Black pepper sauce which is alright. Texture wise is tender but not that great if you compare with Australian Beef. Taste wise is quite average, it’s all about black pepper. It has totally covered the origin taste of the beef.

Next, the Chicken Finger for starter course. Using chicken breast, cover with egg and bread crumbs and then deep fried. It’s crunchy and taste ok with tartar sauce.

Linguini Salmon, tops with cream sauce and herbs. The taste is good but not that great yet. Portion wise is small. And salmon is not that fresh.

Carbonara, spaghetti tops with cream sauce comes with mushrooms, olives and chicken salami. The dish is about the same as the above Linguini Salmon. Nothing to comment further.

Overall, here they serve vast variety of steaks to pizza to pasta. For patrons that looking for some affordable western Italian food, then you should come and try it. That’s all.

Food Review

Food Type: Western (Halal)
Address: No. 1, Jalan Pelapik, B U8/B, Bukit Jelutong, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: +603-7846 6689
Price: Average RM20 per pax
Operating Hours: Daily

Taste Rating: 5/10
Ambiance Rating: 7/10
Service Rating: 6.5/10
Value Rating: 9/10

Overall Rating: 6.9/10

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The Ship @ Damansara Utama (Uptown), Petaling Jaya

Decades ago, young restauranteurs like Mr. Foo Hee Hoon and Foo Hee Loon who believed that good food alwayscrosses cultures and prejudices, and appeals to discerning consumers. Mr. Foo Hee Hoon, Mr. Foo Hee Loon and other partners almost single-handedly took on the formidable challengeto start The Ship restaurant (The Ship), opening at Jalan Sultan Ismail what was later to become one of the many more outlets all over Malaysia. Although it wasn't exactly smooth sailing all the way, there was never a doubt that its captain at the helm was steadily steering it towards sure success.

The Ship, with the reputation of serving The Best Steak in Town, was well served under a unique decorative setting. The unique exterior of their restaurants resemble an almost life-size hull of a ship, and on stepping inside one will be impressed with the timely recreated likeness of a sea-going vessel. All captains and crews are dress in maritime uniform.

Before getting to their steak, let’s start with the starter, Garlic Bread. It’s crunchy and nicely toast….

Then the Mushroom Soup, it’s creamy and full slices of button mushrooms..tasty actually but downsized is a bit salty.

To the main course, The Russian Chicken, the chef used chicken fillet and grilled, garnished with mushroom and red wine sauce, served with French fries and vegetables. It’s just a so so (average) dish.. The sauce is not that great to be frank.

Next, the Black Mushroom Steak. The chef nicely grilled the fillet steak and garnished with black mushroom and gravy sauce and served with French fries and vegetables. Firstly, the sauce is bland and mushroom is bit hard. Not that appetizing……….

The Black Pepper Steak, this is their specialty dish. Grilled fillet steak garnished with selected black pepper sauce, served with French fries and vegetables. Indeed, this dish is tangy and claimed by them. Steak is tender and juicy. Nice.

Then the Charbroiled BBQ Spare Rib, patrons able to choose with or without chili. Bone-in Rib steak, marinated until bone and served with vegetables, corn on cob, baked potato and a bowl of salad. Let’s talk about the pros about this dish, yes, the dish is deliciously marinated and love the gravy/sauce, END. Subsequently the cons about this dish, the meat is tender but only on the top part. On the bottom part (rib), the meat is bloody raw (at first, didn’t realize until cut into the rib and the place was quite dark)…just look at the picture below, the bottom area; clearly you can see that the meat is raw. Oh, by the way, ordered medium well done for the rib. Then call the waiter and complained, the waiter was friendly and returned to kitchen to re-BBQ it.


Round 2, the dish returned to patron and the moment the knife cut into the rib area, surprise! It’s still Bloody raw! Called the Floor Captain, and believe it or not, he said “oh it’s normal to be raw especially near the bone area, because it’s quite hard to cook it.” Wow! Unbelievable, are you saying that patrons should expect this particular dish to be raw even thought patrons asking for well done or medium cook? Stupid explanation. Please think before you reply your customer!

Soon, the Manager of the restaurant came by and… found out what happened… apologized and attempt to re-BBQ it again but patron refused due to no appetite already. Because of that, the restaurant gave patrons free dessert. The dessert is oklar, raspberry with pudding and cream on top with a dried preserved cherry.

Food Review

Food Type: Western (Pork Free)
Address: No. 37-43, Jalan SS21/56B, Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
Tel: +603-7728 8020/7728 9964
Price: Average RM50 per pax
Operating Hours: Sunday to Friday (12pm-12am), Saturday & Public Holiday (12pm-1am)

Taste Rating: 6.5/10
Ambiance Rating: 8.5/10
Service Rating: 8.5/10
Value Rating: 7.5/10

Overall Rating: 7.8/10 minus 5 points for the stupid excuse and the raw rib = 2.8/10

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Delicious Café @ 1 Utama, Petaling Jaya

Delicious Café by Ms. Read in 1 Utama Shopping Centre located in the ground floor at the new wing. It is nicely decorated and done up in their signature colors of white and turquoise. A place, with good comfort food. Menu consists of pastas, sandwiches, salads, local delicacies and desserts and an all-day breakfast menu on weekends.

Their breakfast menu is a bit different from others; patrons get to create their own breakfast starting with two organic eggs with your choice of fried, scrambled or Poached, with a wide selection from roasted cherry tomatoes, homemade baked beans, sautéed button mushroom, hash browns, avocado, streaky beef bacon, chicken sausages and smoked salmon. As for toast, you get to choose from Country White, Multigrain or Ciabatta with Butter & Preserves.



Then the below is Sautéed Chunky Mushrooms on Ciabatta with poached eggs. A dish which female patrons would love it because it’s healthy meal.

This is also place for shoppers to hang around to enjoy some nice drinks, coffee or tea.


A nice hot honey lemon drink to cool down in a hot day…

And to really to cool you down, you should try the Fizzie & Frosties Mango, Lychee & Kaffir Blast. The drink is very delightful and refreshing.

Food Review

Food Type: Western, Malaysian (Pork-Free)
Address: F315, First Floor, 1 Utama Shopping Centre (New Wing), Malaysia
Tel: +603-7724 1086
Price: Average RM30 per pax
Operating Hours: Monday to Thursday (11am-10pm), Friday to Sunday (11am-10.30pm)

Taste Rating: 7.5/10
Ambiance Rating: 9/10
Service Rating: 7.5/10
Value Rating: 6/10

Overall Rating: 7.5/10

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(Breakfast) Alexis Bistro @ Bangsar Shopping Centre, Kuala Lumpur

This is the second post about Alexis Bistro and this time is about their breakfast set. Basically, patrons can choose between 2 types of breakfast sets, the Hearty breakfast set or the Wellness breakfast set. For the wellness set, basically they serve a healthy breakfast like bircher muesli with wheat germ & sunflower seeds, with fresh fruits with honey yogurt and Aesop herbal tea. Too bad, this round didn’t manage to try it but try doing it next time.

As for the Hearty set, patrons get to choose coffee/tea from their drink menu and furthermore, the set comes with a cup of freshly squeezed fruit juice.


This particular set serves with 2 fresh organic eggs with your choice of style (fried, scrambled, poached and sunny side), turkey ham or turkey sausages, baked beans, sautéed mushrooms, grilled tomato & toast. Of course, you can opt to add hash brown for an additional RM5.


Mostly the eggs are delightful, and then the turkey ham is quite nice and tangy, same comments about the turkey sausages (Yummy). Baked beans, the usual self, and no comment. Sautéed mushrooms are tasty and grilled tomato is over baked and juicy. Lastly the hash brown is crunchy and lip-smacking.


Generally, the breakfast set is reasonable priced and tasty. Definitely many patrons can enjoy their meals as well as the ambiance here.

Food Review

Food Type: Western (Halal)
Address: Lot F15A, First Floor, Bangsar Shopping Centre, 285, Jalan Maarof, Bukit Bandar Raya, 59000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: +603-2287 1388
Price: RM28 for Hearty Breakfast Set and RM20 for Wellness Breakfast Set
Operating Hours: Breakfast Weekdays (9am-12pm), Weekends (9am-3pm)

Taste Rating: 7.5/10
Ambiance Rating: 9/10
Service Rating: 10/10
Value Rating: 6.5/10

Overall Rating: 8.3/10

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Gaucho Grill @ Chulan Square, Jalan Raja Chulan

There are two things Argentineans are proud of – their football players and their succulent beef. It is believe that many steak lovers love this place. Gaucho Grill, The restaurant at the Golden Triangle along Jalan Raja Chulan in Kuala Lumpur is hard to miss with its big black life- size dummy of a cow at the entrance. Their chef, Chef Kamaruddin explained that Argentina is actually the 2nd largest consumer of beef in the world, just after US. And vegetable is not exactly popular; the South Americans love their meat. Gaucho Grill imports all their meat from herds raised by gauchos (cowboys) of Argentina.

The décor is a casual ambience with lots of timber and it is easy to settle into. Think of it as a surrogate ranch with a charcoal grill for a shrine. There’s Latin flavored music so deep in the background that you might not even notice it. Other than that, a complementing the steaks are a salad bar (should try the eggplants, yummy) and free flow of onion soup (oklar).



Firstly, Tapas, sautéed prawns with garlic, chili, parsley and dress up with olive oil, crispy almond calamari with lemon, then the sautéed mussel with basil, garlic & tomato……MMMmmmmmMMm…all are so tasty…

For kids’ meal, they always recommend the Chicken Nugget and Chips, and looking at the picture, you must be wondering this nugget is so BIG and taste wise is ok oklar…to kids, it’s appetizing.

Next, Gamberoni, a pasta dish, linguine aglio alio garnished with chili flakes and topped with prawns & mussel and grill king prawn. Nice actually…………

After that, Roasted Chicken Breast, served with swiss mushroom, white mushroom sauce & canelinni beans salad. Taste wise, it’s nice but the chicken meat is very dry and gives patron a difficult time to swallow it. Maybe, they are not good with chicken…

Pescado, US Cod Grilled, lemon paprika rubbed, and served asparagus & scallop. The cod fish is amazing, texture and taste are both equally impression.

The main event, Grilled Wagyu Rib-Eye (RM110++), served with roasted potato, aragula & cherry tomato and rosemary butter drop on top of the Rib-Eye. The texture is very tender, and every bite size is juicy and tangy. No doubt they are good with their steak.

Lastly, Surf and Turf, grilled striploin with pepper gravy and comes with a half lobster with mushroom cream sauce on melted cheese, jacket potato, tossed enoki and edarmame beans. The striploin is marvelous, succulent, moist and delicious. Then the lobster is also taste great. Must try….

Overall, a nice ambiance with nice steaks. So don’t wait and go pay a visit, however, quite a pricey place (maybe due to the place is located in the Golden triangle).

Food Review

Food Type: Western, Argentina (Pork-Free)
Address: Block B, Lot 5, Chulan Square, 92 Jalan Raja Chulan, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: +603-2145 4268
Price: Average RM40-120 per pax
Operating Hours: Daily [12pm-3pm (except Sundays), 6pm-11.30pm]

Taste Rating: 9/10
Ambiance Rating: 9/10
Service Rating: 8.5/10
Value Rating: 3.5/10

Overall Rating: 7.5/10

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Passions Ball 2009 @ Palace of the Golden Horses, The Mines Resort City

Just recently, Passions Magazine organized an enchanted evening ball held in the Palace of the Golden Horses. It’s tagged as one of the Asia's Most Classical Hotel and a world-class award winning luxury hotel located within MINES Resort City and just 20 minutes away from the city centre and 35 minute drive from KLIA. The ball is held in this dedicated conference center, the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Conference Center. Located in its very own private wing, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, individual lighting control, video and teleconferencing facilities, including an theatrette and the Royal Ballroom.

No doubt that having the ball in this enchanting palatial hotel, they offer the best from their chef’s gastronomic array of cuisines from local fare to international delights that will surely satisfy patrons’ culinary cravings.

First, free flow of the finest champagne. Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of the wine to effect carbonation. It is produced exclusively within the Champagne region of France, from which it takes its name.

Next, Prawns and Scallop, the chef used Cameli Bean, Rocket Lettuce & Black Olive Vinaigrette…also comes with an oven baked garlic bread. The dish is delicious, the prawns are fresh, and scallop is nicely done.

Then the Wild Mushroom Soup, with Bread and Butter. They use fresh mushroom to make this soup from step 1, making it so creamy and tangy.

Before proceeding to the main course, they served Lime Sherbet (refreshing and coolly), to clear the after taste from the mushroom soup. Sherbet is a traditional cold drink prepared with rose hips, cornelian cherries, rose or licorice and a variety of spices. Sherbet is a popular drink in the Middle East and Indian subcontinent.

To the main course, the Salmon & Chicken Combo, using a combination of oven baked salmon fillet and medallion of chicken with fennel stew. It tasted very good and texture is satisfactorily. The dish is also served with roasted baby potatoes, wild mushroom ragout, fresh field greens and garnished with tomato-aged balsamic sauce. Overall, the main course is very flavorful and tangy. Marvelous!

Food Review

Food Type: Western (Halal)
Address: Palace of the Golden Horses, Jalan Kuda Emas, The Mines City, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia.
Tel: +603-8946 4888
Operating Hours: Daily

Taste Rating: 9.5/10
Ambiance Rating: 10/10
Service Rating: 10/10
Value Rating: Nil

Overall Rating: 9.8/10

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